No professional politician is ever actually in favor of public economy…

H. L. Mencken
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No professional politician is ever actually in favor of public economy. It is his implacable enemy, and he knows it. All professional politicians are dedicated wholeheartedly to waste and corruption. They are the enemies of every decent man. ✨ Minority Report: H.L. Mencken's Notebooks. Book by H. L. Mencken, 204, 1956.
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